Medical Negligence | Fairweather Solicitors LLP

£115,000 recovered for re-opened Provisional Damages claim

28th March 2022 – Our client, a 21-year-old woman from Ashford, had previously brought a claim (via her mother as litigation friend) arising out of a failure to diagnose congenital hip dysplasia shortly after her birth. Continue reading this article

Inquest into death of baby Archie Batten starts in Maidstone

14th March 2022 – Archie Batten was born late in the evening at the QEQM Hospital Margate on Sunday 1 st September 2019 and died shortly afterward at just 27 minutes of age. He was the first child of parents Rachel Higgs and Andrew Batten.Continue reading this article

£115,000 recovered for botched surgery resulting in permanent stoma

16th February 2022 – Our client, a 56-year-old man from Kent, has been left with a permanent stoma as a result of post-operative complications following an operation to remove his rectal cancer which took place at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford on 21.08.2017.Continue reading this article

£14,000,000 Cerebral Palsy claim settlement approved by High Court

10th December 2021 – Our client suffered cerebral palsy due to a hospital in Kent mismanaging his mother’s labour and his delivery.Continue reading this article

Archie Powell Inquest Conclusion:- QEQM’s admitted negligent delay in administering antibiotics caused Archie’s death

3rd December 2021 – Archie Powell, died on 14th February 2019 at just 4 days old after a failure to administer life-saving antibiotics in a timely manner at QEQM. An Inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received following his birth. Continue reading this article

£250,000 for Delayed Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy

30th November 2021 – Our client, a young female from Herne Bay underwent an echocardiogram in 2012 which identified left bundle branch block and reduced ejection fraction in her left ventricle (35%) which was not acted on by the reviewing physician Dr Barton of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.Continue reading this article

£160,000 Recovered for Death Caused by Negligently Performed Angiogram

5th August 2021 – Our client, a 71-year-old man from Dartford, lost his wife on 09.02.2017 as a result of an angiogram to treat coronary artery disease which was negligently performed at the Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.Continue reading this article

£35,000 for Delayed Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

31st July 2021 – In August 2015, our client’s brother, Mr H, was feeling generally unwell and had swollen testes. He saw the GP at his local surgery, Minster Medical Group, Sheerness, Kent and prostatitis was suspected.Continue reading this article

£77,500 Recovered for Failure to Provide Prophylactic Antibiotics

28th July 2021 – Our client, a 47-year-old man from Newcastle, was suffering with a right middle trigger finger and was referred to the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust where he underwent surgery in July 2015.Continue reading this article

Luchii Gavrilescu: Jury inquest hears of failings in the care of a 5-week-old baby Luchii at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, in Margate and admissions that the Hospital negligently missed TB on his father’s chest x-ray leading to Luchii’s death.

20th July 2021 – Before North East Kent Area Coroner Joanne Andrews
12th July – 20th July 2021
Luchii Gavrilescu, a 5 week old baby died after three A&E attendances at QEQM, Margate on 6 th December 2019. A jury inquest has heard a number of criticisms of the care he received over this period of time.Continue reading this article